Junior: the stone in the shoe of the Conmebol Libertadores 2024 champion

With one man less for almost the entire game, Botafogo defeated Atlético Mineiro 3-1 in the final and became champion of the Conmebol Libertadores 2024.

The Brazilian team had an outstanding performance throughout the championshipbeing one of the best teams in performance. Fogão lost only three games during the tournament.

Precisely, One of the teams that could beat him and that complicated the path for the Brazilian team was Atlético Juniorwith whom they faced in the group stage in Rio de Janeiro and Barranquilla.

The Tiburón team shook the champion of the competition, which at one point had the qualification to the round of 16 blocked. because it was with almost the same points as the Quito League.

Junior Athletic His participation in the Conmebol Libertadores began in a great way, achieving a historic victory against Botafogo as a visitor and categorically.

The Barranquilla team defeated the Brazilians 3-1 at the Nilton Santos stadiumon the first day of the group stage, a match that was played on April 3, 2024, with scores by Carlos Bacca (x2) and Gabriel Fuentes.

In the second leg, the red and white squad had more problems beating Botafogo, but ended up getting a very important draw to finish the group stage as leader of Group D with 10 points.

The Colombian team left the Brazilian club in second positionforcing him to have to face one of the best first teams in the group stage in the round of 16 after the draw was made.

Atlético Junior was the only team that beat Botafogo as a visitor in the Conmebol Libertadores and the only one who could add four points in the two duels they had against each other.

Unfortunately for Atlético Junior, its good participation in the group stage could not be replicated in the round of 16 where was eliminated against Colo Colo.